Removal of breast lesion at WESTFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL INC

189 EAST MAIN STREET, WESTFIELD, NY · Ahn · · NPI 1942236427

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Apr 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 30, 2026

$260.26

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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$1,183.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$11.00 with Amerihealth vs $8,700.32 with Aetna — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid CHC $11.00 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicaid HC $11.00 ↓ -96%
Univera Univera Essential Plan $33.95 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Healthy New York $33.95 ↓ -87%
Univera Univera Medicare $41.22 ↓ -84%
Univera Univera Commercial $44.78 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas D-SNP Medicare $181.65 ↓ -30%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas Medicare (NY) $181.65 ↓ -30%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness PA Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $228.36 ↓ -12%
Geisinger Geisinger Medicaid HC $250.85 ↓ -4%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas CHC Medicaid $250.85 ↓ -4%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Caritas HC Medicaid $250.85 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicaid $250.85 ↓ -4%
Geisinger Geisinger CHIP $250.85 ↓ -4%
Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Pennsylvania Health and Wellness Medicaid CHC $259.50 ↓ -0%
Jefferson Health Plans Jefferson Health Plans $264.69 ↑ +2%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare $366.61 ↑ +41%
Life Pittsburgh Life Pittsburgh Medicare $394.20 ↑ +51%
Highmark Highmark Security Blue $406.03 ↑ +56%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Health Medicare Advantage $417.85 ↑ +61%
Devoted Medicare Devoted Duel Plus PA HMO D-SNP $417.85 ↑ +61%
American Health Plans American Health Plans Medicare $433.62 ↑ +67%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue $482.23 ↑ +85%
Highmark Highmark Managed Care $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark My Blue Access $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark My Direct Blue $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Blue High Performance $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Indemnity $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Social Mission Managed Care $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Connect Blue $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Indemnity $510.11 ↑ +96%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue $510.11 ↑ +96%
Cigna Cigna Commercial $667.83 ↑ +157%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Navigate Nexus Commercial $758.84 ↑ +192%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Commercial $800.04 ↑ +207%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Of OH Medicaid $800.04 ↑ +207%
Martin's Point Martin's Point $1,222.00 ↑ +370%
United Healthcare United Healthcare CHIP $1,332.80 ↑ +412%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare PPO $4,168.90 ↑ +1502%
Highmark Highmark Complete Blue Medicare $4,168.90 ↑ +1502%
Highmark Highmark Freedom Blue $4,214.22 ↑ +1519%
Aetna Aetna Medicare $4,712.67 ↑ +1711%
Highmark Highmark Together Blue Medicare $4,712.67 ↑ +1711%
Highmark Highmark Community Blue Medicare HMO $4,712.67 ↑ +1711%
Amerihealth Amerihealth Medicare New York $4,757.99 ↑ +1728%
Humana Humana Commercial $4,803.30 ↑ +1746%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare I-SNP $4,848.62 ↑ +1763%
United Healthcare United Healthcare Medicare D-SNP $4,893.93 ↑ +1780%
Molina Molina Ohio $4,939.24 ↑ +1798%
Highmark Highmark Performance Blue Enhanced $6,600.46 ↑ +2436%
Aetna Aetna Commercial $8,700.32 ↑ +3243%

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Removal of breast lesion at other New-york hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Bellevue Hospital Center NY 10016 $4,531.42 $220.58 – $7,331.36
Harlem Hospital Center New York $4,531.42 $485.06 – $5,664.27
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn $4,531.42 $220.58 – $7,331.36
Lincoln Medical Center Bronx $4,531.42 $503.02 – $5,664.27
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York $4,531.42 $503.02 – $5,664.27
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica $4,531.42 $220.58 – $7,331.36
Woodhull Medical Center Brooklyn $4,531.42 $220.58 – $7,331.36
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn $4,531.42 $503.02 – $5,664.27

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